diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
index eec6ce5086..6cc0f206be 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
@@ -6,20 +6,24 @@ rawUpdatesKey = (doc_id) -> "UncompressedHistoryOps:#{doc_id}"
 docsWithHistoryOpsKey = (project_id) -> "DocsWithHistoryOps:#{project_id}"
 
 module.exports = RedisManager =
-	getOldestRawUpdates: (doc_id, batchSize, callback = (error, rawUpdates) ->) ->
-		key = rawUpdatesKey(doc_id)
-		rclient.lrange key, 0, batchSize - 1, (error, jsonUpdates) -> 
-			try
-				rawUpdates = ( JSON.parse(update) for update in jsonUpdates or [] )
-			catch e
-				return callback(e)
-			callback null, rawUpdates
 
-	deleteOldestRawUpdates: (project_id, doc_id, batchSize, callback = (error) ->) ->
+	getOldestDocUpdates: (doc_id, batchSize, callback = (error, jsonUpdates) ->) ->
+		key = rawUpdatesKey(doc_id)
+		rclient.lrange key, 0, batchSize - 1, callback
+
+	expandDocUpdates: (jsonUpdates, callback = (error, rawUpdates) ->) ->
+		try
+			rawUpdates = ( JSON.parse(update) for update in jsonUpdates or [] )
+		catch e
+			return callback(e)
+		callback null, rawUpdates
+
+	deleteAppliedDocUpdates: (project_id, doc_id, docUpdates, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		# It's ok to delete the doc_id from the set here. Even though the list
 		# of updates may not be empty, we will continue to process it until it is.
 		multi = rclient.multi()
-		multi.ltrim rawUpdatesKey(doc_id), batchSize, -1
+		for update in docUpdates or []
+			multi.lrem rawUpdatesKey(doc_id), 0, update
 		multi.srem  docsWithHistoryOpsKey(project_id), doc_id
 		multi.exec (error, results) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
index 4703ff6a1d..b46e4ccffa 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
@@ -59,23 +59,25 @@ module.exports = UpdatesManager =
 			return callback(error) if error?
 			MongoManager.backportProjectId project_id, doc_id, (error) ->
 				return callback(error) if error?
-				RedisManager.getOldestRawUpdates doc_id, UpdatesManager.REDIS_READ_BATCH_SIZE, (error, rawUpdates) ->
+				RedisManager.getOldestDocUpdates doc_id, UpdatesManager.REDIS_READ_BATCH_SIZE, (error, docUpdates) ->
 					return callback(error) if error?
-					length = rawUpdates.length
-					UpdatesManager.compressAndSaveRawUpdates project_id, doc_id, rawUpdates, temporary, (error) ->
+					length = docUpdates.length
+					RedisManager.expandDocUpdates docUpdates, (error, rawUpdates) ->
 						return callback(error) if error?
-						logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "compressed and saved doc updates"
-						RedisManager.deleteOldestRawUpdates project_id, doc_id, length, (error) ->
+						UpdatesManager.compressAndSaveRawUpdates project_id, doc_id, rawUpdates, temporary, (error) ->
 							return callback(error) if error?
-							if length == UpdatesManager.REDIS_READ_BATCH_SIZE
-								# There might be more updates
-								logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "continuing processing updates"
-								setTimeout () ->
-									UpdatesManager.processUncompressedUpdates project_id, doc_id, callback
-								, 0
-							else
-								logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "all raw updates processed"
-								callback()
+							logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "compressed and saved doc updates"
+							RedisManager.deleteAppliedDocUpdates project_id, doc_id, docUpdates, (error) ->
+								return callback(error) if error?
+								if length == UpdatesManager.REDIS_READ_BATCH_SIZE
+									# There might be more updates
+									logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "continuing processing updates"
+									setTimeout () ->
+										UpdatesManager.processUncompressedUpdates project_id, doc_id, callback
+									, 0
+								else
+									logger.log project_id: project_id, doc_id: doc_id, "all raw updates processed"
+									callback()
 
 	processUncompressedUpdatesWithLock: (project_id, doc_id, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		LockManager.runWithLock(
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RedisManager/RedisManagerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RedisManager/RedisManagerTests.coffee
index 7293892be0..12f78fd4aa 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RedisManager/RedisManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/RedisManager/RedisManagerTests.coffee
@@ -20,40 +20,54 @@ describe "RedisManager", ->
 		@batchSize = 100
 		@callback = sinon.stub()
 
-	describe "getOldestRawUpdates", ->
+	describe "getOldestDocUpdates", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@rawUpdates = [ {v: 42, op: "mock-op-42"}, { v: 45, op: "mock-op-45" }]
 			@jsonUpdates = (JSON.stringify(update) for update in @rawUpdates)
 			@rclient.lrange = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null, @jsonUpdates)
-			@RedisManager.getOldestRawUpdates @doc_id, @batchSize, @callback
+			@RedisManager.getOldestDocUpdates @doc_id, @batchSize, @callback
 
 		it "should read the updates from redis", ->
 			@rclient.lrange
 				.calledWith("UncompressedHistoryOps:#{@doc_id}", 0, @batchSize - 1)
 				.should.equal true
 
-		it "should call the callback with the parsed ops", ->
-			@callback.calledWith(null, @rawUpdates).should.equal true
+		it "should call the callback with the unparsed ops", ->
+			@callback.calledWith(null, @jsonUpdates).should.equal true
 
-	describe "deleteOldestRawUpdates", ->
-		beforeEach ->
-			@rclient.ltrim = sinon.stub()
-			@rclient.srem = sinon.stub()
-			@rclient.exec = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(0)
-			@RedisManager.deleteOldestRawUpdates @project_id, @doc_id, @batchSize, @callback
 
-		it "should delete the updates from redis", ->
-			@rclient.ltrim
-				.calledWith("UncompressedHistoryOps:#{@doc_id}", @batchSize, -1)
-				.should.equal true
+		describe "expandDocUpdates", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@RedisManager.expandDocUpdates @jsonUpdates, @callback
 
-		it "should delete the doc from the set of docs with history ops", ->
-			@rclient.srem
-				.calledWith("DocsWithHistoryOps:#{@project_id}", @doc_id)
-				.should.equal true
+			it "should call the callback with the parsed ops", ->
+				@callback.calledWith(null, @rawUpdates).should.equal true
 
-		it "should call the callback ", ->
-			@callback.called.should.equal true
+
+		describe "deleteAppliedDocUpdates", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@rclient.lrem = sinon.stub()
+				@rclient.srem = sinon.stub()
+				@rclient.exec = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(0)
+				@RedisManager.deleteAppliedDocUpdates @project_id, @doc_id, @jsonUpdates, @callback
+
+			it "should delete the first update from redis", ->
+				@rclient.lrem
+					.calledWith("UncompressedHistoryOps:#{@doc_id}", 0, @jsonUpdates[0])
+					.should.equal true
+
+			it "should delete the second update from redis", ->
+				@rclient.lrem
+					.calledWith("UncompressedHistoryOps:#{@doc_id}", 0, @jsonUpdates[1])
+					.should.equal true
+
+			it "should delete the doc from the set of docs with history ops", ->
+				@rclient.srem
+					.calledWith("DocsWithHistoryOps:#{@project_id}", @doc_id)
+					.should.equal true
+
+			it "should call the callback ", ->
+				@callback.called.should.equal true
 
 	describe "getDocIdsWithHistoryOps", ->
 		beforeEach ->
@@ -67,4 +81,4 @@ describe "RedisManager", ->
 				.should.equal true
 
 		it "should call the callback with the doc_ids", ->
-			@callback.calledWith(null, @doc_ids).should.equal true
\ No newline at end of file
+			@callback.calledWith(null, @doc_ids).should.equal true
diff --git a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee
index 04a2111893..f1bfc13288 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/test/unit/coffee/UpdatesManager/UpdatesManagerTests.coffee
@@ -158,14 +158,15 @@ describe "UpdatesManager", ->
 	describe "processUncompressedUpdates", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@UpdatesManager.compressAndSaveRawUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(4)
-			@RedisManager.deleteOldestRawUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArg(3)
+			@RedisManager.deleteAppliedDocUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArg(3)
 			@MongoManager.backportProjectId = sinon.stub().callsArg(2)
 			@UpdateTrimmer.shouldTrimUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, @temporary = "temp mock")
 
 		describe "when there is fewer than one batch to send", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@updates = ["mock-update"]
-				@RedisManager.getOldestRawUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @updates)
+				@RedisManager.getOldestDocUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @updates)
+				@RedisManager.expandDocUpdates = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, @updates)
 				@UpdatesManager.processUncompressedUpdates @project_id, @doc_id, @callback
 
 			it "should check if the updates are temporary", ->
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ describe "UpdatesManager", ->
 					.should.equal true
 
 			it "should get the oldest updates", ->
-				@RedisManager.getOldestRawUpdates
+				@RedisManager.getOldestDocUpdates
 					.calledWith(@doc_id, @UpdatesManager.REDIS_READ_BATCH_SIZE)
 					.should.equal true
 
@@ -189,8 +190,8 @@ describe "UpdatesManager", ->
 					.should.equal true
 
 			it "should delete the batch of uncompressed updates that was just processed", ->
-				@RedisManager.deleteOldestRawUpdates
-					.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, @updates.length)
+				@RedisManager.deleteAppliedDocUpdates
+					.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, @updates)
 					.should.equal true
 
 			it "should call the callback", ->
@@ -201,17 +202,20 @@ describe "UpdatesManager", ->
 				@UpdatesManager.REDIS_READ_BATCH_SIZE = 2
 				@updates = ["mock-update-0", "mock-update-1", "mock-update-2", "mock-update-3", "mock-update-4"]
 				@redisArray = @updates.slice()
-				@RedisManager.getOldestRawUpdates = (doc_id, batchSize, callback = (error, updates) ->) =>
+				@RedisManager.getOldestDocUpdates = (doc_id, batchSize, callback = (error, updates) ->) =>
 					updates = @redisArray.slice(0, batchSize)
 					@redisArray = @redisArray.slice(batchSize)
 					callback null, updates
-				sinon.spy @RedisManager, "getOldestRawUpdates"
+				sinon.spy @RedisManager, "getOldestDocUpdates"
+				@RedisManager.expandDocUpdates = (jsonUpdates, callback) =>
+					callback null, jsonUpdates
+				sinon.spy @RedisManager, "expandDocUpdates"
 				@UpdatesManager.processUncompressedUpdates @project_id, @doc_id, (args...) =>
 					@callback(args...)
 					done()
 
 			it "should get the oldest updates in three batches ", ->
-				@RedisManager.getOldestRawUpdates.callCount.should.equal 3
+				@RedisManager.getOldestDocUpdates.callCount.should.equal 3
 
 			it "should compress and save the updates in batches", ->
 				@UpdatesManager.compressAndSaveRawUpdates
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ describe "UpdatesManager", ->
 					.should.equal true
 
 			it "should delete the batches of uncompressed updates", ->
-				@RedisManager.deleteOldestRawUpdates.callCount.should.equal 3
+				@RedisManager.deleteAppliedDocUpdates.callCount.should.equal 3
 
 			it "should call the callback", ->
 				@callback.called.should.equal true